Shipping Policy

We are committed to ship every order the same business day if the order is received before 4:00 PM ET Monday through Friday.  We do not ship on weekends.

We provide FREE SHIPPING for orders over $100.00 to any destination within the United States, to FPO and APO addresses, or to one of the U.S. territories/possessions (e.g., the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau).

We ship all orders via: 

  • United States Postal Service (USPS) Priority Mail Flat Rate Service
  • United Parcel Services (UPS) Ground

Shipping fees only apply if your order is under $100.00, or if you select an expedited shipping service.

How to Calculate Your Shipping Charge

Follow these simple steps to calculate shipping on your order.

Once you have entered all your items into the Shopping Cart, on the right-hand side of the page, you will see SUBTOTAL and underneath this SHIPPING.  Click on "Add Info" to enter your Country, State, City, and Zip.  Then, click on ESTIMATE SHIPPING.  Your shipping options will appear below.

For International Orders, enter your Country, State, City and Postal Code (or 00000 if your country does not use postal codes). Then, click on ESTIMATE SHIPPING.  Your shipping options will appear below.

Immediately after you submit your order an Order Confirmation will be sent to your email address. You will then receive a second email that confirms the shipment and provides a tracking number that can be used to monitor the shipment’s progress at www.usps.com. or www.ups.com. USPS tracking numbers start with “9405”, while UPS Ground tracking numbers start with “1Z0A”. USPS Priority Mail International packages have tracking numbers that start with “CJ”.  DHL shipments can be tracked at www.dhl.com.

USPS Priority Mail Shipping

If you select 'USPS Priority Mail', orders under $100.00 cost between $4.95 to $15.05 to ship (depending on weight and distance), while those over $100.00 ship free.

  • Orders are typically delivered within 2 to 3 days, but may require an extra day or so to arrive in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or to one of the U.S. territories or possessions. Click here to see the time in transit map for USPS Priority Mail.
  • USPS delivers Monday through Saturday.
  • You may also specify a PO box or U.S. military address.
  • Track the progress of your package at www.usps.com.

UPS Ground Shipping

UPS Ground delivers Monday through Friday and cannot deliver to PO boxes.

The transit time from our Hudson, MA warehouse to your location can be found here.

If you select UPS 2nd Day Air on a Thursday, delivery will be on Monday. To have your order delivered on a Saturday, a $16.00 'Saturday Delivery Fee', in addition to the UPS 2nd Day Air fee, is required by UPS. You must call us.

If you select UPS Next Day Air on a Friday and you need your order on Saturday, you must call us to make arrangements as packages shipped on Friday via UPS Next Day Air service are normally delivered Monday. To have order delivered on Saturday, a $16.00 Saturday Delivery Fee, in addition to the UPS Next Day Air fee, is required by UPS. You must call us.

Please be aware that UPS charges $21.00 for correcting delivery addresses they deem incomplete, inaccurate or no longer valid. This fee will be charged to you if you enter a delivery addresses that UPS personnel find troublesome.  UPS now requires a business name and suite number for packages being delivered to commercial addresses.

DHL Shipping

BoatZincs.com now offers shipping via DHL International Shipping. The DHL service is called ‘Express Worldwide’ with transit times of 3 to 5 days on average depending on destination. Just select DHL after entering your international address information. You will see a DHL real-time shipping rate offered.

We Also Ship Worldwide by International Mail

We also use International Mail offered by the United States Postal Service with its 200+ international partners.

In a USPS Medium Flat Rate Box we ship as follows:

  • Maximum weight: 20 lbs per box (or the limit set by the destination country).
  • Price: Rates begin at $56.10 USD for a Medium Flat Rate Box to Canada, and begin at $75.12 USD for all other countries. Please call for an exact quote.
  • Insurance: included in shipping price.
  • Delivery: typically between 10 days to 2 weeks.

See the list of countries here: Index of Countries and Localities.

International Mail does not include any duties or taxes that may levied by inbound custom offices.

Note: Due to poor delivery service, we refuse to ship to Mexico and Spain via International Mail. Instead select UPS Worldwide Expedited, DHL, or Federal Express.

Are you local and prefer to pick-up your order?

No problem, just select Pickup in Store from the Shipping Options list in your shopping cart. Then, in the COMMENTS field let us know when you will be picking up your order.

Our pick up location is 569 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749.

Free Shipping Policy

  • To receive free shipping, your order must be over $100.00 net and ship to an address in the United States.
  • For orders that qualify for free shipping, we reserve the right to select the most economical shipping method, using either UPS Ground or USPS Priority Mail.
  • Expedited shipments (UPS NDA, UPS 2nd Day, Express Mail, etc.) and shipments outside of the U.S. do not qualify for free shipping.
  • Commercial anodes and special orders do not qualify for free shipping.

Questions??

If you have any questions, drop us an email at sales@BoatZincs.com or call us at 978-841-9978.